. . . at least that’s what I think I should be saying, except I’m not.
I’ve been stoked about Indy IV since it was first announced, back in ’00. This excitement has grown exponentially since then, especially this year, since the movie is coming out in a little over three months. The teaser trailer was released today and I just watched it, as you now can below:
And now I’m a little unsettled, like someone’s whispering in my ear but I’m alone. Or like when every time I watch el Jefe Bush speak, my stomach mildly churns, and I wonder, How could so many people have voted for this man . . . twice?
Sure, it makes me all goose-pimplely, as it should. But it just feels . . . off. I don’t know if it’s just that it’s been so damn long since a new Indiana Jones film (nearly 20 years), or if it’s that the bits of film featured in the trailer look too polished. Too cartoony. Almost like a caricature of an Indy film.
Perhaps I’m reading too much into it. After all, it’s only maybe a minute’s worth of actual footage. The film is still at the rough cut stage; the entire tone of the film could change drastically between now and May 22nd. Regardless, I’ll still be in theaters at midnight on May 21st.
But, man. I still got chills — the good kind — when John Williams’s awesome score faded in . . .
JAB
Sorry, my friend, you’re alone. You’re letting fears of Star Wars crappy movies haunt you. Let go your fears. It’s still Spielberg directing, and the bits they’re going to give us in the teaser are just going to be pure Indy, that yeah, could be seen to seem they’re trying too hard. But the whole movie probably isn’t going to be like that. Plus, it’s bound to look better, they’re making it twenty years later. Just enjoy and laugh, “You’re a teacher?” “Part time.” God I can’t wait for this movie.
Oh, I’m sure I’ll love the movie. But I still stand by my statement that the teaser was underwhelming. Hopefully the first full trailer will be more realized.
JAB
No, you’re not alone. I feel the same, strangely. Of course, I’ve never been hugely excited by any movie, but this one does seem rather underwhelming. What it needed was to be Fate of Atlantis.